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INDIAN EMPIRES AND THE
HAN DYNASTY
INDIAN EMPIRES
• 326 BC- Alexander conquers Northwest India but
leaves soon after.
• In the kingdom of Maghada, Chandragupta Maurya
kills the Nanda king and claims the throne.
• Chandragupta begins battling Seleucus I and
defeats him. Who was Seleucus?
• Chandragupta had a huge army that he paid for
with high taxes. He conquered nearly all of India.
• Chadragupta’s son rules for 32 years and is
followed by his son Asoka who takes the empire to its
greatest heights.
• Asoka becomes a Buddhist
INDIAN EMPIRES
• After his death, empire falls apart
• AD 320 Chandra Gupta emerges and begins
Gupta Empire
• Followed by his son Samudra in AD 335
• Chandra Gupta II (AD 375-415)- Gupta Empire
reaches its peak
• Mahayana vs Theravada Buddhism
• Indian mathematicians= Zero, modern
numerals(later called Arabic numerals), decimal
system
CHINA
• Warring states period
• Confucius-scholar/teacher; main
focus= order and moral living
• 5 basic relationships p. 104
• Filial piety
• Rise of bureaucracy
• **Remember that Confucius
established an ethical system, not a
religion**
• Laozi and Daoism
Qin Dynasty
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Shi Huangdi founds the Qin dynasty
How does he control nobility?
Persecution of Confucians
Great Wall of China
HAN DYNASTY
• Xiang Yu vs Liu Bang
• Liu Bang wins and founds the Han Dynasty
• Former Han vs Later Han
• Royal intrigue during the Han period (ex: Empress
Lu)
• Liu Bang’s great grandson Wudi takes power
(“martial emperor”) 141-87 BC
• Fall of the Former Han and rise of the Later Han
• Wang Mang
• Structure of Chinese society: bureaucracy,
assimilation, structure of society, class differences